Risk Management

In Enterprise Architect, the Project Manager can allocate the possible weighting of defined risks to work on a given model element, which might impact work on that element.

To select the element to which to allocate risk weightings, click on the required element in the Project Browser.

Access

Ribbon

Construct > Change Management > Risks : New

Enter risk details for an element

Field/Option/Button

Action

See also

Risk

Type the name or a brief description of the risk.

Type

Type in the risk type or click on the drop-down arrow and select the type. The selection list is drawn from the global Risk Type list, but any new risks you type in this field are not added to the list.

Click on this icon in the Project Management window toolbar to save the new risk definition.

Notes

The risks described here are not the same as those represented by Risk elements; the risks are properties of a single element, whilst the Risk element represents something that can impact a range of other elements

If you select a global risk type from the 'Type' drop-down list and the associated 'Weight' field is empty, the default Weight value is allocated to the 'Weight' field on the Risks window

To edit existing Risk items for this element, click on the required item in the:
- 'List' panel to the left of the window, in Item mode
- List, in List mode
- Project Management folder in the Element Browser window - if this window is not displayed, click on theBrowse Element icon in the Project Management window toolbar; risk item icons have an 'Ri' in the bottom
right corner

To delete existing Risk items for an element, click on the item and click on in the window toolbar

Although Enterprise Architect does not currently provide detailed reports on risks within a model, you can use the Automation Interface or similar tools to create your own custom reports based on risk information you enter